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This guide helps doctors to monitor the health of workers exposed to cadmium.
Cadmium (CAS 7440-43-9) is a soft, silvery, squashy metal similar to zinc. You will find it in batteries, pigments, coatings and platings, as a plastic stabiliser and in…
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This guide helps doctors to monitor the health of workers exposed to chromium.
Chromium (CAS 7440-47-3) is a steel-grey metal that exists as:
a free metal
trivalent chromium compounds (Cr[III])
hexavalent chromium compounds (Cr[VI…
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This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to creosote
Creosote (CAS 8001-58-9; 8021-39-4; 8007-45-2) is the name for products that are mixtures of many chemicals.
There are 6 main classes of compounds in creosote:
aromatic…
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This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to inorganic lead.
Lead (CAS 7439-92-1) is a soft, metallic, blue-grey, heavy metal. You might come across lead at work as a dust or fume in a pure, oxide or salt form.
You can find lead…
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This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to pentachlorophenol (PCP).
Pure pentachlorophenol (CAS 87-86-5) is a colourless or white, needle-like crystal.
Commercial-grade PCP (86% purity) is a dark grey to brown solid with a…
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This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
PAHs are made when burning organic material. They are found in in many workplace mixtures and can contaminate engine oil and smoke.
Examples of…
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20 March 2020 |
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This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to thallium.
Thallium (CAS 7440-28-0) is a blue-white, very soft metal. It oxidises in air to form a layer of thallous oxide (Tl2O). It forms alloys with other metals and readily mixes with…
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This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to vinyl chloride.
Vinyl chloride (CAS 75-01-4) is a colourless gas that burns easily. It does not occur naturally. You must make vinyl chloride industrially for commercial use. It’s also a…
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This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to 4,4'-Methylene Bis (2Chloroaniline) [MOCA].
MOCA (CAS 101-14-4) is a light brown to colourless crystalline solid used mainly as a curing agent for isocyanate-based polyurethane products…
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These information sheets provide information on high risk work licensing requirements for:
dogging work
vehicle loading crane operation
bridge or gantry crane operation.
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